Category: German Battalion (1776), Continental Army, American Revolution
Categories: Maryland Line, American Revolution | Battle of Trenton | Battle of Assunpink Creek | Battle of Princeton | Battle of Brandywine Creek | Battle of Germantown | Battle of Monmouth | Sullivan Expedition
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German Battalion (1776) or German Regiment or 8th Maryland was an American infantry unit that served for about four and one-half years in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Authorized in May 1776 as an Extra Continental regiment, the unit was recruited from ethnic Germans from Maryland and Pennsylvania. The Continental Congress appointed Nicholas Haussegger to command the battalion, which initially organized in the strength of eight companies. While the unit assembled at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a ninth company was added. The battalion fought at Trenton in December 1776, where its soldiers called out in German for the Hessians to lay down their arms.
A week later, the German Battalion was in action at Assunpink Creek where a number of its troops were captured, including Haussegger. The next day, the unit fought at Princeton. After Haussegger defected to the British, George Washington appointed Prussian volunteer Henry Leonard d'Arendt to command the battalion. The battalion served with the 1st Virginia Brigade at Brandywine and Germantown in September and October 1777. The following June the German Battalion fought at Monmouth. Late in 1778, the unit was assigned to Edward Hand's brigade and served in the Sullivan Expedition in the summer of 1779. The battalion transferred to the New Jersey Brigade before being dissolved in January 1781. See Wikipedia:German_Battalion.
German Battalion (8th Maryland)
- Active: 1776–1781
- Allegiance: United States Continental Congress
- Type: Infantry
- Size: 8 to 9 companies
- Part of: Continental Army
Engagements
- Battle of Trenton (1776)
- Battle of Assunpink Creek (1777)
- Battle of Princeton (1777)
- Battle of Brandywine (1777)
- Battle of Germantown (1777)
- Battle of Monmouth (1778)
- Sullivan Expedition (1779)
Notable commanders
- Colonel Nicholas Haussegger
- Colonel Henry Leonard d'Arendt
Images
- The map shows the Battle of Trenton on 26 December 1776. The German Battalion marched with the eastern column.
History at German Regiment on the Valley Forge Legacy - The Muster Roll Project.
Organized July-September at Philadephia, 5 Companies from Eastern Pennsylvania, 2 from Baltimore County, Maryland and 2 Companies from Frederick County, Maryland.
Entered Valley Forge with 340 assigned and 229 fit for duty.
Left Valley Forge with 397 assigned, 313 fit for duty.
Previous Engagements: Trenton-Princeton, Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth
- Field Officers
- Colonel Baron De Arendt
- Lt. Colonel Ludowick Weltner
- Major William Klein
- Major Daniel Burchardt
- Company Commanders
- Captain Jacob Bunner
- Captain William Heyser
- Captain George Hubley
- Captain Charles Batlell
- Captain Benjamin Welser
- Captain John D. Woelppers
- Captain Peter Boyer
- Captain John Lorahgan
- Captain Philip Graybill
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